Hi
everyone
Welcome back to 2009, I’m sure you
have all had an amazingly busy week. I hope your rolls are rising and your
energy is not being zapped already. Below are the details for this term
and attached are the readings, skills rubric and dates for 2009 for your
information.
The readings for Term One are
attached and you will find them on the Cluster wikispace also. They
are:
Principals’
Workshop
This is at Tapanui next Thursday 12
February from 1 to 4 p.m. At that we will cover the Action Research
Projects, programme outline for the year, discussion around key elements and you
will get a chance to develop your ideas onto the Action Research Projects
templates. You will be given a disk with the Powerpoint, Teachers template
and Appraisal Format on it (these will also be put on the Cluster wikispace
after the workshop). We will provide nibbles and coffee etc so don’t worry
if you missed lunch.
Dates
Please feel free to ring or email me
with your dates for this term, I can’t wait to be back out in schools working
alongside you all.
Teachers
Workshops
The junior workshop is Thursday (19
February) so please email me the names of junior teachers attending from
you school or let me know on Thursday at the Principals workshop at the latest,
as we are catering these workshops and need numbers the week before.
Teachers will not need their
laptops as we will work in the computer suite here at Tapanui. The
workshop day will cover the following topics: Action Research Projects, personal
planning time – on A.R.P.s, website exploration – specific to their level and
across all curriculum areas (for direct implementation into classrooms),
personal skills development around wikis and uploading onto the web (where
necessary). It is vital that all teachers attend these workshops as they
will set up the teacher’s projects and programme for the
year.
I will need names of teachers
attending the senior teachers’ workshop by Friday 6 March (for catering
purposes). It is expected that the format for both workshops will be
similar but developed for different levels of the
school.
Students
Workshops
Attached is the students’ skills
rubric that needs to be filled out by each of the students you will be sending
to the student workshops later in the term. These need to be emailed,
faxed or sent to me via snail mail by 13 March for your students to be included
in these workshops. Please indicate which day (25 or 26 March) you need if
you have other things happening and I will attempt to accommodate your
wishes. These will be for a full day and will be held at
This newsletter can also be found on
our cluster wikispace.
Have a great
week
Kim